I had a few contracts that I was going to use ,however , I agree with you , I'm not to confident in them. 

There's a bunch of online courses available, look for the ones that offer the self-paced $100-$150 courses. 

I'm looking into Self Storage investing. 

Hi Matthew,I haven’t heard of those specific banks, but I have heard great things about Advanta IRA as a self-directed IRA custodian.

@Savannah Holzer Well, if I stay with SFR as my strategy, then yes, at least at first, while I figure out the self-mangage/landlord gig.

One attorney said it is a must, whereas other said confidently that it is completely unnecessary.

It will depend on what your goals are, but if you'd like to scale fast, you could leverage the $100k cash to buy 2 or 3 duplexes in lower priced markets that have higher rent/price ratios.You could use these properties to learn the ins-outs of OOS investing and use these to build your network and confidence in the market.

If you are self managing the numbers will work very well. 

I'm not self promoting.

For example:Task             Estimate        % Certainty        Low        HighDemo              $5,000           90%                    $4,500    $5,500Construction   $10,000          80%                    $8,000    $12,000Plumbing         $8,000           75%                    $6,000    $10,000Finish Work    $10,000           90%                    $9,000    $11,000------------------------------------------------------------------------------TOTAL             $33,000                                    $27,500  $38,500So, if the estimate of $33k looks good and the high estimate of $38,500 is still "ok", I feel confident because its unlikely that EVERY item will be that far off.